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But it’s difficult to ignore that lately, “gatekeeping” is being used increasingly in the context of perfume. On TikTok, the phrase “gatekeeping my perfume” has 32.7 million views and counting. A quick scroll serves up videos in which perfume lovers are reluctant to divulge the name of their signature scent, while a handful of others question the notion of keeping it under wraps.
— Read more in Why Do People “Gatekeep” Their Perfume? An Investigation at Refinery29. Hat tip to Helen!
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New research from Jefferson Health in Philadelphia suggests that a procedure called stellate ganglion block is somewhat effective at reducing parosmia in patients who suffered from the condition for at least six months after their Covid illness and didn’t respond to pharmaceutical or topical therapies.
The treatment involves injecting an anesthetic into the stellate ganglion — a tangle of nerves in the neck that deliver signals to the head, neck, arms and upper chest. It has been used for decades to treat chronic pain.
— Read more in Neck injection could improve smell issues in some long Covid patients at NBC News.
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Its dark, chunky bottle could hold an expensive men’s fragrance; it has a gentle citrus drift that cuts through sweetness, and a light amber note for balance; it’s a lovely summery scent that doesn’t layer a persona over your own, just makes you pleasant to be around.
It’s modern, fresh and natural; it gives rose enthusiasts enough to think about, but won’t alienate less floral types.
I didn’t much want to like it; what’s Stella to me, I say, with the world-weary shrug of one who’s nearer in age to her father.
— Author Hilary Mantel on Stella Rose Absolute, in At first sniff: An evocative take on the power of perfume by the late Wolf Hall author HILARY MANTEL, which first appeared in Vogue in 2009, reprinted at the Daily Mail.
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One-hundred-and-fifty lighted Christmas trees — a mix of fraser and noble fir — will line the avenue’s sidewalks from 46th through 61st Streets, with mist scent diffusers from Scent Marketing Inc. dispersed across every few tree clusters to distribute the fragrance, which features notes of pomegranate, pine, cloves, cinnamon and mandarin orange.
— Read more in Fifth Avenue Will Smell Like Nest New York’s ‘Holiday’ Scent This Winter at Women's Wear Daily via Yahoo.
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Some of these seem deliberately designed to unsettle or confuse. But Not Today, a Hannibal-inspired fragrance by Filippo Sorcinelli, is designed to smell like fear and anxiety. One TikTok user said it made their “hair stand up on end. My husband recoiled when he smelled it… absolutely unsettling.” Another said it “smells like a torture chamber, indeed, I had to scrub it off immediately.”
— Read more in Anxiety, credit cards and meth: when did fragrances get so abstract? at Dazed Digital.